i have had the absolute worst luck with this board. at first i thought this power issue was the problem, even though my issues were slightly different than everyone elses. my system was running really stable, but putting any stress on my gfx card at all, my system crumbled to bsods and reboots.
i was running a 500w ultra x-connect and ditched it for a thermaltake silent pure power 560, but the same issues are happening still. im seriously at a loss here. ive swapped memory, hdd, video and now psu. nothing... the only thing left is the mb or proc, and all i can say is @##$%^%#%^@.
and of course i found this thread AFTER i exchanged my PSU, and almost had a heart attack thinking i might have purchased a 2 rail unit. i have spec-searched this board to death and still i find new things i needed to know about it yesterday.
looking at the 12v rail on this unit, it says it can take up to 22a, and only running a single hdd, a cdrw and a dvdrw with a single 6600gt, there should be more than enough to go around.
im running everything stock and most things are set to auto. ive tried relaxing my mem timings and still nothing. god knows how many times ive reinstalled the os.
ive got an ide hdd in now, and someone earlier mentioned problems with the nvidia ide controllers, so im wndering if i should let windows detect generic controllers... anyone?
also whats wierd is that doom 3 will play at low res, but what ive noticed is that if i scan hardware for optimal settings, it automatically choses medium @ 640x480. wtf is up with that? its almost like the forceware driver isnt even being recognized. i know this isnt a 2x6800ultra rig, but cmon, its not medium quality. something is NOT right about this.
ut2k4 bsods in minutes, and the entire time it runs, the cpu is freaking out at 100% usage. i first thought this might be thermally related, but my proc is really good at staying under 40c.
so my only conclusion here is that somewhere my bios settings are wrong, or my motherboard is absolutely wack.